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Architecture BA(Hons)

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Architecture is a rewarding and culturally important profession – and at Brighton we see architecture as a social activity as well as a technical exploration. 

As a student here, you will build a thorough understanding of modern architectural practices, informed by consideration of the broader context of social engagement; who is it for, what informs its design and structure, and what will its legacy be?

You will develop your architectural voice through your own projects and by working in collaboration with other students from all years of the degree. This environment of enquiry and work partnerships, as well as individual time management, is sound preparation for professional practice. Career planning is integral to your learning from the outset, and our links with RIBA South East provide opportunities including mentoring and mock interviews  with practising architects. 

We focus on real-world skills, and you will learn on-site through projects with local communities and from the construction of our annual exhibition pavilion.

The broad approach that we take to architecture will prepare you for the many forms that  contemporary professional  practice takes these days. 

Key facts

Location Brighton: Moulsecoomb

UCAS code K100

Full-time 3 years

Accredited by the Architects Registration Board and validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects 

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92% of our students say they are satisfied overall with this course

National Student Survey 2019

Mobile cinema by Michael Holland
Student work: Michael Holland won an Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Degree Prize for his concept of giant crab-like machines that travel around the world showing amateur films.
Architecture studio as taken by pinhole camera
Student support: During your induction you’ll be taught technical skills including producing photographic prints from film, including pinhole photographs like the one shown.
Project by Alisha Gould
Student work: Alisha Gould’s Brexit-inspired final year project imagined life in 2061 and speculated how architecture would respond to these changes.
Chocolate factory by Daniel Wu
Student work: Daniel Wu’s project proposed a chocolate factory based in London’s Elephant & Castle producing chocolate infused with Latin American flavours and giving the local Latin American community a means to communicate their presence.
One of the amazing things about studying architecture is how broad a subject it can be. It's not just a combination of art and science, it’s a fusion of all kinds of different ways of thinking and making.

Dr Ben Sweeting, course leader

Course content

Why study with us

  • Choose your own route through the course; focus on the issues that matter to you and develop your own attitudes as an architect and designer.
  • While you are here the studio is your space and where you will work both on your own and collaboratively, preparing you for professional practice.
  • Combine the hands on and academic; the tactile pleasure of making, drawing and building, and high-level academic conceptual and theoretical work.
  • Our course team of practising architects, researchers and designers working in other areas of creative practice, will inspire you to explore diverse fields in your work.
  • Exhibit your work throughout the course, culminating in the Graduate Show in your final year where you’ll showcase the skills and experience you have developed.

 

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Watch staff and students discuss the ethos of our Architecture programme at Brighton and see footage of the workshops and studios. Find out about the studio culture, our friendly community and the high level of support we offer each and every student.

Structure and study areas 

One of the amazing things about studying architecture is how broad a subject it can be. It's not just a combination of art and science, it’s a fusion of all kinds of different ways of thinking and making, from the creative arts to applied science to the humanities. We emphasise this breadth, drawing on our rich heritage as an art school and our vibrant culture of research. You will work in a way that is both hands on and academically rigorous, combining critical and creative thinking in everything you do.

The course is organised in four subject areas: design studio, humanities, technology and professional practices.

Design Studio is the heart of the course. In first year you will explore your experiences of buildings and public spaces, developing creative ways of thinking and making that you can use to design buildings of your own. In second and third year you will select one of a series of specific projects, focusing on contemporary issues such as the housing crisis, migrancy, local community, the circular economy, public space, urban agriculture and heritage amongst others. You will be supported by specialist practitioners and researchers, benefitting from their expert insight. Dedicated studio spaces mean that you have a space to work from on every day of the week throughout your degree, so you will be able to maximise the ambition of your work.

Humanities Explore the history, theory and culture of architecture. You will do this in relation to contemporary issues, learning from history not just about it. You will build knowledge of the context in which you are working as well as specialising in an area of particular interest to you. You will develop skills in critical thinking and reflection that will feed into all your studies. 

Wireframe computer model of building

Technology Learn the underlying principles of environmental science, structural engineering, and material systems, and apply these to your own design projects. You will be supported by professional architects who will share their knowledge of innovative approaches to how to construct a building.

Professional Practices Prepare for the roles and responsibilities you will have as an architect. Again, you will not learn about these in isolation but will apply aspects such as building regulations, cost control, and planning permission to your own project, so you are ready for your first job.

Year 1 

In year 1 you'll begin with modules which build on your direct experience of architecture, working from precedents and everyday spaces. Modules build on and support one other, gradually becoming specialised in the four main themes: design, humanities, technology, and professional practices.

Modules

  • Experiencing Architecture

    This module will expose you to the essential architectural concerns of the body in space, the occupation of an actual site, and the impact of a spatial intervention on a place. Your first design project introduces you to the skills and techniques to serve you as a young architectural designer.

  • Design, Technology and Professional Practices

    This module will expose you to a broad range of architectural concerns, from site context through to material construction. You will develop and expand upon investigations and skills initiated earlier in the academic year to produce a design for a small to medium sized building in response to a given brief.

  • Architectural Humanities 1

    The module introduces you to the history and theory of architecture. It pays particular attention to the development of modern architecture since the 18th century. This will include its sociopolitical, cultural, and environmental contexts as well as its relations to traditional building and non-Western architecture. You will learn to interpret writings and buildings, to develop your reading and writing skills, and to make use of the fundamental conventions of academic writing.

  • Reading Architecture

    This module will introduce you to different approaches that can be applied to analyse buildings, through the lenses of design, humanities and technology. Deconstructing a building through these lenses will lead you to a deeper understanding of architectural design considerations; this is an essential knowledge base that can be carried forward to your future design work.

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Year 2 

Modules

  • Design: Studio Project 1
  • Design: Studio Project 2
  • Architectural Humanities 2
  • Technology and Professional Practices

Options*

  • Edible Campus
  • Critical Spacial Practice in Public
  • Reimagining the House
  • Excursion in Immensity: The shape of a walk
  • Collection
  • Digital Craftsperson

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

 

In your second and third years you will choose different projects (called studios) which address questions including the housing crisis, circular economy and urban space. 

These projects allow you to explore different ways of working and develop new techniques and skills. 

Projects are linked to the expertise in the teaching team, enabling you to connect with that expertise and to explore issues highlighted within each project. 

Find out more about our BA Studios.

Final year

Modules

  • Design: Studio Project 3
  • Design: Studio Project 4
  • Technology
  • Architectural Humanities 3: Dissertation
  • Professional Practices
Architecture student

Facilities 

Facilities and workshops are supported by full-time specialist technicians and include:

  • dedicated studio spaces for each group and programme
  • specialist model-making and construction workshops with equipment for fabrication in wood, metal, plastics, resins and textiles
  • photographic studios and darkroom
  • digital fabrication facilities including laser cutting and 3D printing
  • rapid prototyping, 5-axis milling and CNC routing facilities
  • PC and Mac computer suites with software including Adobe suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Vectorworks, Autodesk suite, Rhino, Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D and Premiere
  • in-house reprographic department 
  • wide range of surveying and audio-visual equipment available for loan.
Architecture workshop 360

Check out the 360 videos of our workshops and photography studio. 

Meet the team

Dr Ben Sweeting, course leader
Ben studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and the Bartlett, UCL and has worked in practice in London and Oxford. His research, which has been funded by the AHRC and the Andrew W Mellon Foundation, explores ethical and epistemological questions in relation to architecture, drawing on ideas from cybernetics and on practice-based research. Ben teaches on humanities and design modules and leads Studio 01, which explores themes of scale, place and the public realm in rural and urban contexts.

Podcast: listen to Ben talking about the importance of architecture, being a course leader and his research interest in cybernetics.

Duncan Baker-Brown, senior lecturer 
Duncan Baker-Brown is a practicing architect as well as a senior lecturer in architecture. He has practised, researched and taught around issues of sustainable development for over 25 years and has worked on projects as diverse as The Greenwich Millennium Village in London with Ralph Erskine, the RIBA’s House of the Future, and more recently the multi-award-winning New Country House and Estate Master Plan in Hadlow Down East Sussex. Author of The Re-Use Atlas: a designer’s guide towards a circular economy, published by RIBA, he is perhaps best known for a series of thought-provoking ‘house’ projects testing issues of sustainable design and resource management including The House that Kevin Built in 2008 and The Brighton Waste House in 2014.

Podcast: Duncan talks about the FutureBuild exhibition at ExCeL, the Waste House and the circular economy.

Find out about the rest of the course team
Tilo Amhoff, Katy Beinart, Libby Blundell, Alex Chalmers, Kate Cheyne, Luis Diaz, Pedro Gil, Phil Hall-Patch, Claire Hoskin, Michael Howe, Dr Karin Jaschke, Ade Krumins, Anuschka Kutz, Stefan Lengen, Sam Lynch, Pete Marsh, James McAdam, Catalina Mejia Moreno, David Osborne, Graham Perring,Tony Roberts, Stephen Ryan, Dr Ryan Southall, Kirsty Sutherland, Professor Andre Viljeon, Dawn Whitaker, Sophie Yetton. 

Dr Ben SweetingDr Ben Sweeting

Duncan Baker Brown outside the Waste HouseDuncan Baker-Brown outside the Waste House

Student views

Barnaby Maynard graduated in 2018

"Brighton has been a great help for me in terms of allowing space to develop my own though processes. The tutors and fellow students all create a great atmosphere where you feel comfortable expressing your opinions and allowing for your work to follow suit. Although my plan is to work in practice after university either in Brighton or London, there is no pressure to follow a career in architecture, and the way in which it is taught prioritises creative and meaningful thinking through drawing and projects, which is a transferable skill into many other professions."

Harry Harwood graduated in 2018 

"Undoubtedly, in my opinion, the best part of studying architecture at Brighton is the community spirit that runs throughout the school. Even with averaging 12 hours a day in the studio in my third year, this never felt like a chore as I was always surrounded by friends and having fun. 

"I believe that the school displays an extraordinary level of diversity in terms of approaches, values and ideas when it comes to design and architecture. However, this spectrum is bound together throughout the school with the theme of social and environmental responsibility and tutors' contagious enthusiasm. 

"I also thoroughly enjoyed being able to engage in extracurricular opportunities such as my time as the President of Brighton Interior Architecture and Architecture Society and helping to introduce the PASS mentor scheme to the school."

Work from Harry's final year at university is displayed in the banner at the top of this page. 

 

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Alisha Gould graduated in 2017, here she talks about her experience of our Architecture BA(Hons). Student work: Barnaby Maynard architecture

Barnaby’s final year project was centred around the consumerist nature of society and placed his structure in the local village of Rottingdean. 

Our latest news

Last chance for campus tour this year!

Last chance for campus tour this year!

Campus tours offer a great opportunity to visit the campus where your course is based and get a feel for what it will be like to be a student here.

University opens Centre for Contemporary Arts this weekend

University opens Centre for Contemporary Arts this weekend

Come and celebrate the opening of the first major contemporary arts space in Brighton for 20 years in the Grand Parade building’s beautifully refurbished new galleries and theatre – launch party Friday 19 October, 6-10pm The event sees the launch of the CCA’s first year programme and opening exhibitions: ••• Exhibitions Franz Erhard Walther Dog [.

£6,000 bursary for Architecture student

£6,000 bursary for Architecture student

Brighton student, Vivian Wall, has won a bursary from the Royal Institute of Architects (RIBA).

Join us for Big Build Wednesday

Join us for Big Build Wednesday

Students are invited to Big Build Wednesday, happening every Wednesday afternoon for the duration of the building works outside Mithras House.

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RIBA has commended the ‘innovative, exciting and engaging approach to professional studies’ throughout our School of Architecture and Design. 

Careers

Becoming an architect 

Our Architecture BA(Hons) is accredited by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

To be able to register as an architect you need to complete three stages of your studies: RIBA parts 1, 2 and 3. 

Successful completion of our Architecture BA(Hons) means you'll be awarded RIBA Part I and enables you to progress to the RIBA Part 2 or MArch course which you can also study at Brighton. From here you can continue your studies at Brighton all the way to becoming a qualified architect.

To find out more, read course leader Dr Ben Sweeting’s guide to becoming an architect on our blog. 

Find out more about our architectural courses.

  • Architecture Professional Practice Pre-Diploma
  • Architecture RIBA Part 2 MArch
  • Architecture Post Part 2 Professional Experience
  • Architecture RIBA Part 3 PGDip
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Preparing for your career 

In your career you need a combination of knowledge, skills, personal qualities and relevant experiences – and you’ll get all of this from your degree.

The course provides subject knowledge and expertise, opportunities to put what you learn into practice and work-related experience.You'll also develop transferable personal skills in teamwork, and project and time management that will be valued wherever your career takes you.

Working and collaborating with students from all years of your course, and with postgraduate and research students, is a big part of your learning experience. Guest lectures from innovative architecture practices are a regular part of school life.

In your final year, the Professional Practices module gives you the opportunity to apply what you have learned.

Through your final year project you will demonstrate your understanding of planning and building regulations, design and access statements, cost control, and health and safety. At the end of the project you will produce a report which will be an important part of your portfolio.

architecture student working in the studio

Interview speed dating

During your final year we will help you prepare for the realities of job hunting. You will get the opportunity to present yourself to professional architects in a series of mock interviews, a bit like speed dating!

You'll get interview practice and feedback on your work and interview technique, but this activity also works in a more direct way and can, and has, led to formal interviews.

RIBA mock interviews

At RIBA mock interviews practising architects give students valuable feedback

Links with industry

Our close links with RIBA South East include the opportunity to sign up with the practice mentoring scheme – which includes a series of meet ups and site visits. Plus you'll be able to get advice on CVs, interview techniques and portfolios. 

Close links with business mean that you will also have opportunities for live site visits to construction sites. 

Architecture courses are taught at our Brighton: Moulsecoomb campus which is part way through the Big Build, a development that will transform the area, creating new spaces for our students to study, live and socialise. The development has become part of our architectural learning, providing a live classroom for our technical and professional practice modules. Find out more...

Big Build Moulsecoomb green campus

Architect's illustration of the Big Build. 

Career destinations

Our students have gone from Brighton into both local and internationally renowned practices including:

  • Allies and Morrison
  • Andrés Jaque Architects
  • de Rijke Marsh Morgan
  • Junya Ishigami
  • Norman Foster
  • Sauerbruch Hutton.

Students have also started their own studios or businesses. Others have taken a career in teaching and academia, with research study potential offered through the university’s doctoral college.

Building your employability

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and re-discover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

  • Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
  • Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
  • Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
  • Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
  • Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
  • Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick, and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that's not just while you are a student, our support carries on after you've graduated.

Find out more...

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Entry criteria

Entry requirements

We are looking for highly motivated and creative students. We will primarily be interested in your portfolio. If your predicted grades fall below these requirements but you can demonstrate a high-quality portfolio, you are still encouraged to apply. We will consider you on an individual basis.

A foundation diploma is not a requirement for entry – it is just one of a range of qualifications that is accepted for admission to this course.

A-levels or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level AAB–CCC (136–96 UCAS Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DDD–MMM. Our conditional offers typically fall within this range.

International Baccalaureate
27 points, with three subjects at Higher level.

Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. Art and design diploma preferred. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 30 credits at merit or above.

GCSE
At least three subjects at grade 4 or above including English language and maths.

Apolytirion
19 overall (including a 15 in maths).

English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. Find out more about the other English qualifications that we accept.

Don’t meet these entry requirements?
Our Architecture BA(Hons) with integrated foundation year provides an extra year of study at foundation level if you do not have the academic qualifications or experience needed for entry to this course.
 
Successful completion of the foundation year enables you to progress onto year 1 of our Architecture, Interior Architecture or Product Design degrees.

International requirements and visas

International requirements by country
Country name
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma (Myanmar)
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malaysia
Malawi
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestinian National Authority
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Syria
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Visit our language institute

For English language preparation courses.

Visit our International College

For degree preparation courses.

Visas and immigration advice

Applying for a student visa

Check out our step-by-step guidance.

Portfolio advice 

Applying for a place in 2020

Online portfolios are requested via the admissions portal after applications are received. Applicants will be advised where to send the portfolio to at that time. Applicants should not send or forward portfolio before this.

Your portfolio should be created on a blogging site: Carbonmade, Dropbox or Flickr. Please make sure that the portfolio is publicly viewable and does not require a log in or account to view. The portfolio should include up to 20 images of your work (JPEGs). These should include preparatory drawings and studies as well as finished pieces, and be focused as much as possible on work which you are most actively interested in pursuing.

Please note that we do not expect to see architectural work; we are looking for a variety of work in different media showing your ability to experiment and utilise different media and techniques. At least half the images should be non-computer (CAD or other) generated work. You may want to add a brief statement about your images and work, telling us more about the ideas and interests that underpin your current work, and your ambitions.

Fees

Course fees

UK/EU (full-time) 9,250 GBP

International (full-time) 14,604 GBP

What's included

You may have to pay additional costs during your studies, although we have tried to keep this to a minimum. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. A summary of the costs that you may be expected to pay, and what is included, whilst studying a course in the School of Architecture and Design are listed below:

  • In your first year of studies, you will need to buy a drawing and modelling toolkit. Each course will suggest a list of items of which some will be essential, and others optional. You should budget around £100–£250 for these.
  • For most courses you will need to budget between £100 to £300 per year for printing and portfolio costs. Costs will vary depending on type of printer and type and size of paper used. Some students tend to work digitally, spending more on printing and some by hand, spending more on materials so these costs vary widely between students.
  • Most essay and report submissions can be made online however, you should budget around £25 for printing and binding dissertations in your final year.
  • For most courses you will need to budget between £10 and £100 for material costs per design project. Costs will vary depending on how and what you use to make models. You are encouraged to recycle used materials where possible.
  • Course books are available from the university but you may wish to budget from £15 to £100 per year to buy your own copies and subscribe to design magazines.
  • You will have access to computers and necessary software, however many students choose to buy their own hardware, software and accessories. The amount spent will depend on your individual choices but this expenditure is not essential to pass any of our courses. Find out what free software is available from the university.
  • You will need to budget between £5–£50 to exhibit work for the end-of-year show. Fundraising by the student society, BIAAS, normally helps towards this cost.
  • Most courses include mandatory site visits and travel expenses are included in the fees.
  • There will be opportunities to attend additional study trips throughout the course but these are not required to pass your course. The cost of travel to them will be covered by the course but there may be additional costs varying from a packed lunch to entrance to a museum.
  • International field trips are offered in each year which are optional and are not required to pass your course. You should expect to budget approximately £150–£350 for these, to cover flight, accommodation, food and entrance to museums. The total amount spent would be based on location and number of trips taken.

You can chat with our enquiries team through the Stay in touch panel at the end of this page if you require further information. Or check our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as more information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status

Info

The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2020–21.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK/EU students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

Location

Local area

About Brighton

The city of Brighton & Hove is a forward-thinking place which leads the way in the arts, technology, sustainability and creativity. You'll find living here plays a key role in your learning experience.

Brighton is a leading centre for creative media technology, recently named the startup capital of the UK.

The city is home to a national 5G testbed and over 1,000 tech businesses. The digital sector is worth over £1bn a year to the local economy - as much as tourism.

All of our full-time undergraduate courses involve work-based learning - this could be through placements, live briefs and guest lectures. Many of these opportunities are provided by local businesses and organisations.

It's only 50 minutes by train from Brighton to central London and less than 40 minutes to Eastbourne. There are also daily direct trains to Bristol, Bedford, Cambridge, Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton.

Map showing distance to London from Brighton
Brighton Beach sunset

Campus where this course is taught

Moulsecoomb campus

Two miles north of Brighton seafront, Moulsecoomb is our largest campus. Subjects taught here include architecture, business, computing, construction, engineering, geography, product design, law and pharmacy.

On campus you will find professional-standard facilities including a flight simulator, trading room, design and digital media suites and specialist research laboratories, alongside the library, student centre, a nursery, fitness facilities and Students’ Union. There are excellent public transport links.

The Big Build
A major transformation of our Moulsecoomb campus began in summer 2018. By the time the Big Build is complete, there’ll be new halls of residence, academic building, and Students’ Union and fitness facilities – all created with sustainability, inclusivity and community in mind.

As the development grows it will provide many exciting learning opportunities for our students, ranging from live projects, placements and internships with the companies involved to guest lectures and site visits. Find out more...

The Big Build

Accommodation

Brighton: Moulsecoomb

All eligible students applying for 2020 are guaranteed an offer of university halls of residence.

Halls of residence
We have halls of residence across Brighton in the city centre, Moulsecoomb, Varley Park and Falmer.

  • You'll be prioritised for accommodation in the halls that are linked to your teaching base, subject to availability.
  • Moulsecoomb campus is linked to Varley Park and Moulsecoomb Place halls
    • Varley Park offers a mix of room and catering options. Varley Park is around two miles from Moulsecoomb campus and four miles from the city centre. Public transport in the city is excellent, and there’s a shuttle bus between our Brighton campuses during term time.
    • Moulsecoomb Place halls are all catered and are located right on campus.

Want to live independently or in a university-managed house? We can help – find out more about unihomes and unilets or private renting.

Modern accommodation at nearby Varley Halls

Modern accommodation at nearby Varley Halls

Relaxing in halls near the campus

Relaxing in halls near the campus

Students eating at the Hub

Students eating at the Hub

Maps

Moulsecoomb campus map

Stay in touch

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Statistics

These charts give an indication of how much time you will spend on different activities at each level of the course, and an indication of the balance of assessment by coursework, and written and practical exams. For courses with option modules, actual proportions will depend on the modules you choose.

Find out more about how the academic year and degree courses are organised, and about learning and assessment activities you might get to grips with at Brighton. More specific information about this course is detailed in the programme specification (linked above). You can find out also about the range of support we offer to help you adjust to university life.

Overall workload

Assessments

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Programme specification

The programme specification is the approved description of each course. They are updated following course changes, and give a detailed breakdown of the content and structure of the course.

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